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A legal practitioner, Mr Joe Abaagu, has appealed to Nigerian judges to speed up human trafficking cases to ensure timely delivery of justice to victims. Abaagu, also the Vice Chairman, Justice Development and Peace Commission of the Catholic Archdiocese of…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has struck out a suit seeking the nullification of the nomination of Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the July 16 Osun State governorship election on…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja coram Honourable Justice A. R. Mohammed sitting as a vacation judge has declined to grant the interim order sought by the suspended General Secretary, Mrs Joyce Oduah seeking inter alia to restrain the…
All registered attendees can download the Whova Mobile App or Access It From the Web Platform on the Desktop: -View the Conference agenda and plan your personal schedule -Access live streaming directly within sessions and utilize the session Q&A to…
The countdown to the 2022 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has now entered its homestretch. As the clock ticks towards the opening ceremonies of what promises to be one of the most momentous Bar Conferences in…
The Technical Committee on Conference Planning has released updates on the collection of conference materials for the 2022 Annual General Conference. This was contained in a Memo made available to Lawyard. According to the Memo, collection of conference materials by…
Emirates has announced that it is suspending all its flights to and from Nigeria effective September 1. In a statement by Emirates, it disclosed that it had tried every avenue to address its ongoing challenges in repatriating funds from Nigeria,…
The acting Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, has unveiled the trophy for the 28th Judiciary Staffers Games scheduled for Lokoja. Ariwoola, who was represented by the state Acting Chief Judge, Josiah Majebi, unveiled the trophy at the…
The Nigerian Governors have described the actions of the Attorney-General of the federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, as regards the $418m Paris Club refund as fraudulent and self-serving. Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Governor of Ekiti…